I was standing next to Haruhi, sighing a bit as we watched the film crew work their 'magic'. "Maa... I can't believe rich folk..." I said, knowing Haruhi was feeling the same way. Haruhi and I looked at each other as the twins did their basketball scene, with Tamaki's 'Lonely Prince' scene playing right afterwards. I had to say, despite that I'd rather have my tonsils pulled out than take part in this film, Renge wasn't that bad of a director. Our scene was the last one to be done, with me 'protecting' Haruhi from Mitsukuni and Takashi. Running a hand through my hair, I walked over to the two cousins who were standing off to the side.
"Neh, how are you holding up Mitsukuni?" I asked, tilting my head a bit. I knew that he didn't like the fact that he had to be mean to his friends. Turning to me, I had to take an involuntary step back at the faces I was looking at. 'They really don't look like themselves...' I thought as they continued to look at me. I raised an eyebrow at them and tilted my head a bit. "Ano... Mitsukuni? Takashi?" I asked. They didn't answer me, just continuing their staring. 'Okay... maybe I'll leave them alone?' I thought unsurely.
"Kyaa! The tension of a friendship! One boy breaking apart a family bond that goes beyond blood!" Renge suddenly said, making me jump, and spin around. I seem to be having a stroke of misfortune with my balance, for when I turned around, I slipped on the rocks under my feet. I didn't expect to be saved, and I wasn't, as I landed on the rocks with a wince. I tried to soften to blow with my hands, and in doing so, caused me to cut my hand on one of the rocks.
"Ano... Renge-chan..." I said as I got up, clenching my one hand to stop the blood flow. I looked at the girl, who was too busy to go on and on about the ties of friendship that I just shook my head and sighed. I turned to my classmates and with an apologetic smile, bowed to them. "Gomen for disturbing you two." I told them and walked away.
Soon it was our scene it was 'raining' out as Haruhi ran through the woods trying to get away from Takashi and Mitsukuni. I was running towards Haruhi, causing the two of us to bump into each other. "Haru-kun, are you alright?" I asked. But before she could answer, we heard Mitsukuni. "You can't run any longer." He said making us turn around. He had that same look in his eyes as before as I put Haruhi behind me. "S-stop this Mitsu-" I was cut off. "Get out of my way Makoto!" he snapped. "Iie! I won't let you hurt him!" I cut him off.
This angered him as he snapped his fingers. "Then you'll pay for interfering Makoto. Takashi!" he said. Takashi looked at his cousin. "Stop it Mitsukuni. You're only hurting yourself more every time you hurt others." He said. "Don't tell me what to do Takashi, now make him pay." Mitsukuni said. I felt Haruhi grab onto my soaked blazer as Takashi walked forward, and grabbed me by the cuff of my blazer, lifting me off the ground. "Gomen." He said to me quietly as he tossed me to the side. "Makoto!" Haruhi yelled as I landed on the ground. I was thankful I knew how to land properly so I didn't get hurt, but my hand opened up again as I looked over at my friend. "I'm alright Haru-kun." I said.
Mitsukuni then looked up at us, a small smirk playing on his lips. "I really despise people who don't know their place." He said. There was a long pause as my classmate reverted back to his regular self, making me relax. He started crying as he threw himself at Haruhi, apologizing. I sat up with a sigh. Takashi came over to me and before I could hide my hand, he took it into his large one gently, frowning at the sight of the blood that was oozing from the wound.
"Gomen Makoto..." he said quietly as he helped me up. I smiled at him, glad that nothing was really wrong with them. "Iie, it's alright Takashi, it's just a scratch." I said softly. He shook his head at that. "Iie. Gomen for making you worry and not catching you when you fell. As well as for throwing hard like that." He said quietly. I smiled at him, knowing that he wouldn't let up unless I forgave him. "Takashi, I forgive you for that. You were trying to stay in character. You're really a kind man." I said softly, feeling my cheeks become warm a bit. He smiled at that and nodded his head. "Arigato."
Mitsukuni then launched himself at me, apologizing as well as Renge told everyone to stop what they were doing. I patted Mitsukuni's head lightly with my good hand as the four of us left the stage. "Mitsukuni, you acted really well." I told him with a smile. He looked up at me and sniffed a bit. "But... Mako-chan! I got you hurt!" he cried again. "Iie, I know how to land properly when being thrown, so I didn't get hurt." I said, cheering him up a bit. Takashi then tapped my shoulder and pointed to my bleeding hand and I nodded a bit. "Neh, Mitsukuni, I'll be right back okay?" I said. "Don't be sad, you didn't do anything wrong." I told him, ruffling his hair as Takashi took me inside to get a bandage.
We walked in silence as I looked down at my hand, clenching it into a fist to help stop the bleeding. "Does it hurt?" he asked softly as I looked up at him and shook my head. "Iie, it doesn't." I said. We were silent once more and walked into the third music room where there was a first aid kit there. Without saying anything, and surprising me, Takashi picked me up, setting me onto the counter in the kitchen and opened up the kit. He then took my hand without saying anything and started to clean it. I winced a bit, and tried to pull my hand away, but he kept his grip firm as he kept cleaning it.
I watched him a bit with a tilted head. His eyes were focused on my cut, never wavering and never straying until he knew it was clean. It was then that I noticed how warm his hand was, and that it was dulling the pain. After throwing the cloth away, he went back to the kit and pulled out some disinfectant, and put it on before placing gauze on top of the cut and wrapped my hand in a bandage, taping it up. The whole time, he had been very gentle, trying to make it as painless as possible for me. When he was done, he looked at me gently placing my hand back on my lap as he put the kit away.
"Arigato Takashi." I said softly, smiling up at him. He smiled smally back at me and nodded his head. I slid off the counter and before I could do anything else, Takashi wiped my bangs away from my face, causing the water that was still on them, to run down his hand. "Next time you get hurt... let me know." He said softly and walked out of the kitchen. I noticed that his eyes were downcast, almost as if he blamed himself for making me get hurt. I watched him disappear and brought my hand up to my chest, letting out a quiet sigh. "Hai Taka-kun..." I whispered, my face softening a bit as I left the kitchen, making it outside just as Kyoya smash the lens of the camera.
I let out a bit of a sigh of relief glad that everything was now over. I looked over at the twins and my classmates, smiling at them. "I think that's what they would call a wrap neh?" I said, causing them to laugh, as I joined in. I looked over at Takashi, who smiled a bit at me, and nodded his head. I smiled back him, and continued to laugh.
About a week after the movie incident, Renge moved back home to France and things returned back to normal, until our guests started talking about the movie. I had to sigh as I leaned back against the chair I was sitting on, running a hand through my hair as everyone looked over at Kyoya.
"Film? Don't tell me Kyo-Kyo..." I sighed as he told us that he got hold of the tape and cut out the violence in it, except the part of where I was thrown, since that wasn't very violent. He sold copies to everyone, making a mediocre amount of money in it. I ran a hand through my hair, sighing more at that and closed my eyes. "Great... just great..." I mumbled. I felt someone look at me, making me tilt my head back. I ended up looking at Takashi, who raised an eyebrow at me. I smiled at him and nodded my head, my hand was pretty much healed now, thankfully, and I resumed Kendo that day after taking time off to heal. He nodded his head back and turned back to Mitsukuni, who had tugged on his blazer a bit.
"Good day everyone." A familiar voice said, making all of turn and saw Renge. "I thought you went back to France." Tamaki said with raised eyebrow. Renge smiled as she started talking about someone who scolded and protected her. Roses started coming up around her as she gabbed Haruhi's hand. "This is what it means to look at someone and fall in love with him, right, Haruhi-kun?" she said. This made me start to laugh, as Tamaki started a tantrum, not liking that someone else had taking his Haruhi.
"Neh Mako-chan?" Mitsukuni asked as he plopped himself on my lap. "Hai Mitsukuni?" I asked as he played with Usa-chan. "Do you think Tama-chan and Haru-chan will ever see past what they see?" he asked, making me chuckle. "Hmm, iie, not right now, maybe later on once they've gotten use to each other." I said with a slight shrug. He then hopped off my lap smiling brightly at that. "Okay Makoto!" he said happily and skipped off to who knows where.
I stood up and shook my head a bit, watching as Haruhi was dragged out of the club room with Tamaki behind them, whining at Renge not to take Haruhi away. "Well, things will certainly become entertaining." I mused, laughing softly.
A few days passed and the girls were now over the fact that we had a movie and such. Everything was back to normal, for now at least, and I knew that the calm wouldn't last very long, it never seemed to around here. It was during club time, that it started, I was with some if my clients, when I spotted the twins playing their game, where their guests had to decide which one was which. It really wasn't that hard to figure out though if you paid attention, but I suppose it doesn't count if you're rich.
"Neh, Ryuu-kun, what will your sisters do after you've graduated?" one of my customers asked, I turned to them with a smile, chuckling slightly. "They will probably cause trouble. They enjoy experiments, and since I'm here they can't do any." I replied, my eyes softening at the memories of what my sisters did. My clients leaned forward in their seats, wondering what I was thinking about, how I knew this was because I could feel them. "I hope, when I'm gone, that you'll be able to forgive my sisters for any trouble that they cause you." I said as I looked back at them, with a smile.
They flushed and nodded their head vigorously. "Of course Ryuu-kun!" they said eagerly, making me smile. "Arigato, that means a lot." I said, making one of the girls faint by accident. "Are you okay?" I asked, only to be interrupted by the sounds of fighting. Drawing my gaze away from my clients, I walked over to Mitsukuni and Takashi looking at them with a tilted head. "Ano... what's going on?" I asked, hoping that they would fill me in. "Ah, Hika-chan and Kao-chan maintain the clubs website!" Mitsukuni said, making me tilt my head a bit. "We have a website?" I asked curiously, blinking at the new. "Un!" he said happily.
"Kyaa! Ryuu-sempai is gorgeous!" the squeals made me blink as I walked over to the girls, looking over their shoulders, only to see, my head shopped on another person's body. I groaned at this and shot the twins a look as I walked over to them. "You shopped me in there too?" I asked, making them grin. "Of course Ryuu-sempai, it wouldn't be fun if we only did it to Haruhi." They said, both of the grinning at me now. I ran a hand through my hair and bonked my fists against their heads. "Next time ask for permission." I told them blandly, making them roll their eyes. "Hai, hai Ryuu-sempai." They said, rubbing their heads.
I walked away from them, going back to my clients as Haruhi snapped out of her daze. Not that I blamed her really, but it was annoying to be shopped without being asked. The twins were teasing Haruhi, about her being their toy, but I knew better than that, and smiled a bit. My sisters soon came into the club, no one fazed by this anymore since they came every so often, and attached themselves to me, as they started talking about something.
I was listening them with a half ear, since I already heard about it at lunch. Before my sisters could say anymore, we heard a voice. "Toy! Toy... Toy. If you like toys, then come to my club. The Black Magic Club." I looked over at the door and shook my head a bit, seeing my other classmate holding a candle stick. I walked over to them, with my sisters still attached to me looking at the male. "The world black magic item market... is now being held."
"We also have a Mass going on all the time. Come now... and everyone will get a lovely voodoo doll, Beelzenef, as a present." He said, holding up his cat puppet. I glanced over at Tamaki, who looked terrified at the voice, and chuckled softly. "Maa, maa, Nekozawa-san, no need to go scarring everyone." I said. He chuckled darkly as he looked over at me. "Ah, Ryuunosuke-san, will you still not accept my offer for joining my club?" He asked, smiling at me.
I shook my head as I cupped my elbows in my hands. "Iie Nekozawa-san, you know as well as I do, that I can't." I said. "Hai, you are, after all, quite busy with your Kendo and Hosting..." he said and smiled creepily at that. My sister gripped my blazer as I smirked a little. "Hai." I said.
Haruhi blinked at my classmate as she faced him. "Why are you talking from that little opening?" she asked, and then the twins decided to asked a question as well. "And... was there a door over there before?" they asked. Kyoya soon walked over to us, writing in his book again, his eyes being covered by the glare from the light. Takara went over to Kyoya, and looked over his shoulder, curious to see what he was writing down as he spoke.
"Nekozawa-sempai doesn't like places that are bright." He explained. It was then that Tamaki came up behind Haruhi, telling her stay away from him. I shook my head at that, I knew for a fact that Nekozawa wasn't a bad person, just misjudged about the way he viewed things. I watched Tamaki as he startled Haruhi, telling her a story, to which I shook my head at. Kyoya felt the same way as he told Tamaki what really happened, though the blonde didn't believe him. Nekozawa decided to play with this, saying that the curse of Beelzenef was authentic. Before I could say anything, the twins shone light on my classmate, making him freak out and run into the door that he entered from, slamming it behind him.
"Maa, maa, Hikaru, Kaoru, that wasn't very nice." I scolded, making them shrug at me, walking over to the window and sat down, ignoring Tamaki's rant. "Oi! Haruhi!" they called, making her and I turn to them. "On our next holiday, can we visit your home?" they asked. I mentally sighed at that, and shook my head. "Iie, I wouldn't if I was you Haru-chan..." I whispered to her as I felt weight appear on my back. I quickly laced my arms under Mitsukuni so he didn't fall.
"Neh, neh Makoto!" he said excitedly making me look over at him. "Hai?" I asked looking over at Takashi who was standing behind me. "Can we visit your home too?" he asked excitedly. I sighed a bit and shook my head. "Iie, gomen Mitsukuni, but I don't think it could fit all of you." I said apologetically. "Demo... if you and Takashi would like to come over sometime, when we're not busy or anything, I'm sure my sisters would be fine with it..." I added, seeing his solemn face. I didn't like making my friends sad, but, I also didn't want anyone from the club, besides Haruhi to come to my place. It was small, just big enough to hold my sisters and I, and a guest, if we needed to.
This instantly cheered him up as he hugged me tightly around the neck. "Really Makoto?" he asked with bright eyes. I looked over at my sisters who looked at each other then shrugged. "I suppose, but it can't be for a while though Mako-nee." They said crossing their arms a bit. I rolled my eyes at my sisters and smiled at them. "Un, I know that imouto's. We have a bit of cleaning up to do after tou-san still." I sighed. Mitsukuni jumped off my back after hugging me tightly and proceeded to glomp my sisters, Takara squealed, and hugged Mitsukuni back as Yuzuki patted his head awkwardly.
Turning to Takashi, I smiled at him a little, with him smiling smally back at me, with a small nod. I turned back to Haruhi who had just cracked the twins game, making them speechless. "Maa, Haruhi, did you break the twins or something?" I asked walking over to her, resting my arm over her shoulder. "Mako-nee! Stop pestering Haru-kun!" Yuzuki scolded as she looked over at the twins.
"Ano... Kao-kun... Hika-kun?" she asked quietly, making me look at her. I looked over at Haruhi, who was talking to some of the clients, then back at the twins who were starring at her, then back at my sister, who looked dejected. "Maa, Yuzu-chan, they'll come around." I told her softly, startling her as she flushed. "Iie Mako-nee, I don't know what you're talking about..." she said as she straightened herself up and walked over to Takara, grabbing her hand. "See you at home Mako-nee!" she said with a wave, her fake smile giving away how she felt.
Before I could talk to the twins about it, I caught what Haruhi was saying. "If I had to say, Hikaru's action are one level meaner that Kaoru's." She said. I blinked a bit, and couldn't help but smirk at how observant she was. Kaoru then started laughing, as he apologised to his brother, who in turn, stated that he says stuff that he wanted to without hiding anything and that his brother was the more ill-natured one. I mentally groaned at that. Only guessing what would end up happening between the twins. 'So much for brotherly love.' I thought.
Kaoru stopped laughing and began talking back at Hikaru, stating that he actually liked Haruhi, which if anyone paid attention, could see. Tamaki didn't like this though, and butted in the middle of the twins fight. I walked over to Kyoya, who seemed unconcerned at the moment with the fighting and leaned against his table a bit. "Neh, Kyo-Kyo." I said, watching the Shadow King stiffen a bit, and sigh as he looked up at me. "Yes Ryuu-sempai?" he asked with a raised eyebrow. I knew he didn't like it when I called him that name, but it was the only real thing I could use to bug him. "How much do you want to bet that this fight is going to escalate into the twins wanting to visit Haru-chan's home?"
He pushed up his glassed, smiling that coy smile of his. "Almost an eighty percent chance that it will happen." He said, making me nod. I stared outside for a moment, thinking, and Kyoya took this time to write something else down in his notebook before he turned his attention back to me. "Ryuu-sempai, can I ask you something?" he asked making me look over at him with a tilted head. "Hai Kyo-Kyo, what is it?" I asked. Closing his notebook, Kyoya leaned back in his chair, crossing his arms over his chest. "Could you keep an eye on Haruhi? You know her better than we do, and I wouldn't want anything else to happen to the club." He said.
Nodding my head, I agreed to do so, I had been planning on heading to the class 1-A the next day anyway to make sure everything was all right with my sisters. "Good, now, I think it would be a good time to close the club." He said as we walked over to the fighting twins, Kyoya, writing in his notebook again. The twins were yelling at each other as I ushered the girls out. "We're having a meeting, gomen." I said, as I shut the doors to the club, just in time to hear the twins say they were better than each other.
I sighed heavily at this and shook my head. "Maa... this is going to be such a hassle." I sighed, hanging my head a bit. I looked over at the other hosts, who were starring at the twins in disbelief. 'Yup...' So, troublesome..." I sighed. With that, we went our separate ways again. Takara and Yuzuki heard about the fight and asked me about it that night as we sat down for supper.
"Hmm, I guess you can say, it was how you two fought when I refused to take you two to the park." I told them with a chuckle. They smirked at each other then, and laughed. "I believe the hair colours were lime green and neon orange yes?" I teased them, making them flush. "Hai Mako-nee." They said as we laughed. Soon finishing my supper, I walked to the kitchen and started cleaning my dishes. "Oh, and I'll be coming into your class tomorrow to check up on Haruhi, and you two, that, and I want to see what colours the twins decided to die their hair." I added, with a teasing wink, making them laugh even harder.