I Don't Feel Like Dancing

Chapter 13: The Curse Begins

Alrighty now, first off, I'll start by saying I had a lot of fun with this and the next chapter because I tried to make it creepy in a way but still funny, (hopefully it worked.) I'm a little superstitious and I like looking into different...well not cults but like witchcraft type things, black magic, white magic, voodoo, psychics, demons, ghosts, things like that. I'm a person of science and fantasy so I like testing things out or reading about them to see what it's all about even if it means risks in case it does work. (Just so we're clear, I'm not the person in the corner of a dark room cursing everyone and trying to kill them or make them miserable. ^^") Well, I've rambled enough and if you're still reading this long paragraph, I love you in the least creepy way you can take it. On with the story!

The alarm beeped through the room as Ayomi got up from her bed. Ayomi looked at her alarm clock and noticed it was 5:30, half an hour before the time the alarm was set to.

'I might as well get up now. If I go back to sleep I won't wake up on time. I'm sure I set it to go off at 6. Maybe it's broken.'

Ayomi lifted her hand up to the switch to turn the alarm off. She gently pushed the switch to off, but the beeping was still irritating. Ayomi glared at the alarm clock for five minutes, mentally telling it to go off.

She moved the button back to on and then to off but the beeping continued. She pushed the snooze button to no avail. She finally gave up and unplugged it from the outlet. The beeping kept going for 30 seconds before Ayomi threw it against the wall and the red numbers faded away from the screen.

"I guess that stupid clock won't be working anymore."

Ayomi flipped open her phone and looked at the time. It was 5:45.

She went to her closet and got out light green neon skinny jeans that were a size too big so the legs were slightly baggy on her. She took a bright pink neon belt off of a belt rack and then found a black and neon green paint splattered graphic tee.

Ayomi took her clothes and a towel to the bathroom and took a shower. She came out fully dressed, towel drying her hair. She looked at her phone and looked at the one message she had received while she was in the shower.

"It begins today, Ayomi. I hope you're prepared to face tragedy."

Ayomi closed her phone and sighed. She ran her left hand through her hair and then put her hands on her hips.

"Jokes on you, bud. There's no such thing as curses."

Ayomi went back to her closet and got socks and a pair of black knee high boots. She put the boots on over her pants.

She pulled at the ribbon at the top of the boots to tighten them at the top so they wouldn't fall off when she was walking and then tied the ribbon into a nice bow.

She had to redo the bows multiple times because they never came out even. Eventually she gave up and left them as is.

She stood up from her bed and went down the hall to Kyoya's room, making sure no one was up to see her. She figured everyone was already up and showering seeing as it was a little past 6.

She knocked on Kyoya's door and didn't get an answer. She opened the door and looked in carefully in case he was coming out of the bathroom. Instead she saw him still asleep. She laughed and walked over to his bed silently.

She watched him sleep for a minute before poking his arm to try to wake him up. It didn't work. She tried to push his arm and move him but he was too heavy.

She had tried almost everything she could think of before she crawled up onto the bed from the back and started pushing him over to the edge. She pushed Kyoya farther and farther over until finally, he fell off of the bed.

He jumped up and glared at her. She laid on her stomach, her elbows bent up and her hands supporting her face.

She smiled sweetly, "Morning, babe. Sleep well?"

Kyoya glared at her and then walked over to his closet.

"If you were anyone else you wouldn't still be here, you know."

Ayomi rolled over on her back and put her hands behind her head.

She closed her eyes and responded, "Yeah, but you needed to get up."

Kyoya walked out of the closet with his Ouran uniform in hand.

"I need sleep, too, you know. I usually get up an hour later than this. I do business at night until three in the morning. I don't like being woken up."

Ayomi shook her head a little, "Stop focusing on work so much."

"I want the company and I'm the last born son. I have to work harder than my brothers to even have a chance. "

Ayomi sighed and opened her eyes to see Kyoya standing above her in front of the bed.

"Kyo-kun, you need to play more."

Kyoya shook his head and bent over so his face was right in front of Ayomi's.

"I need to work. If I don't do the work, profits would go down and no one would be as productive," he leaned in a little more and gently kissed Ayomi and then started walking towards the bathroom.

"I'm gonna make you play whether you like it or not, Kyo-kun."

"You keep thinking that, dear," he retorted before disappearing behind the door.

When he came out, he was in his uniform pants and the white shirt. He got the blazer from the back of the couch in the room and put it on without buttoning it. He put his tie on and then buttoned the blazer up.

Ayomi watched him carefully before getting up off of his bed.

"Ready to go get breakfast?"

Kyoya nodded and walked towards the door.

Ayomi didn't move. She crossed her arms and watched him from the center of the room.

Kyoya looked back at her, "Are you coming?"

Ayomi stayed quiet and still. Kyoya kept looking at her for a while and then laughed. He walked over to Ayomi ad gave her a hug.

"You could just ask if that's what you want."

Ayomi smiled and hugged him back, "That's not as fun."

Ayomi looked up at Kyoya and noticed his height compared to hers. Purple angst clouds radiated from her while Kyoya laughed lightly. He bent down and kissed her cheek. He held her hand and escorted her to his door.

He walked out first and saw Mori carrying a sleepy Honey down the hall. He waited until they turned the corner before moving out of Ayomi's way. He moved to the side and let Ayomi pass before shutting the door behind him.

He held her hand and walked with her down to the end of the hall. He kissed her cheek before letting go of her hand. He let her walk ahead of him while he pulled out his clipboard and started writing like usual.

Ayomi bounced down the stairs and into the dining room while Kyoya calmly followed behind. Ayomi saw Tamaki, Haruhi, Honey, and Mori.

Tamaki was talking to Haruhi about etiquette and how to properly do things as a rich person, including how to dress more lady-like.

Honey was rubbing his eyes and hugging Usa-chan with his legs swinging below the chair seat. Ayomi's eyes sparkled at how cute her cousin looked. She squealed and hugged him.

"Hey, now, what's all this fuss about?"

Everyone stopped and looked at Ayomi's taller father standing in the doorway coming in from breakfast. He was in a nice gray suit adjusting his dull red tie.

"Are these all the guys that were spending the night? I see Honey and Mori here as well. This can't possibly be all the members of the infamous Host Club I've heard of."

Ayomi shook her head and smiled, "There's three more. I passed one of them on the way here. I don't know what the twins are doing. I think they're still in their room," Ayomi said as she walked over and helped her father with his tie.

By the time she was done talking, Kyoya walked into the room.

"Ah, I presume you're Mr. Misoninozuka."

Ayomi's dad turned and looked to Kyoya, "Yes, and who might you be?"

"Kyoya Ootori, youngest son of Yoshiro Ootori," he said as he offered his right hand, his left holding the clipboard.

The two men shook hands, "Yoshiro Ootori's son, hm? You must be proud to be a part of such a well known family."

Kyoya gave a charming smile and put his hand in his pocket, "More or less. It's difficult to live up to the standards but it has great benefits for the hard work."

"Is that so? There must be a lot of pressure involved being the youngest. Even though our companies are not related, I'm sure we could be partners in business."

The two men sat at the table talking about business while the rest of the Host Club, minus the twins, watched. After a few minutes the two identical boys walked in the room, Hikaru hanging on Kaoru's shoulder rubbing his eyes.

"Come on, Kaoru. We could sleep for at least twenty more minutes and still have time."

"Hikaru, we need to be awake for class. We have a test in first period."

Haruhi sweat dropped, "Oh yeah...I forgot about that."

Everyone sat down at the table and talked for a few minutes until some maids came out with plates of food. The maids put the food on the table for everyone one at a time. One maid was carrying four plates, the other carrying five.

All the plates were placed except for Ayomi's. The maid that originally had five was taking the plate around the table to Ayomi when she slipped.

The food she was carrying ended up on Ayomi's face and in her hair. She stood up and apologized multiple times.

"It's alright, Miru. Don't worry. Go back and do your other duties."

The maid still apologized and tried to get the food cleaned off of Ayomi.

"Go attend to other things," Ayomi ordered in a firm tone. Her usual smile was gone.

The maid jumped and backed up with a bow and ran into the other room. Ayomi's smile returned and she started picking some of the still edible food off of the plate. She ate all she could from what was left and then got up.

She moved to the sink and rinsed out the food from her hair and then examined her shirt. One of the maids gave a clean towel to her towel dry her hair. She accepted it and went to her room.

She looked through her closet and found a black shirt with a large, green cloth ribbon belt that tied in the back. She tied the bow in the back and looked at it in the full length mirror to make sure it was even. It wasn't.

She sighed and gave up on tying things for the day and walked back down the stairs.

The Hitachiin twins both noticed the uneven bow right away.

"Hey, Ayomi, you're bow is off," Hikaru said.

"Hikaru, be more considerate. Maybe she doesn't have the fashion sense we do."

Ayomi got an anger mark on her head, "I know it's off, but I can't tie things today for some reason."

Ayomi's father looked up from his now empty plate of food to inspect what the boys were talking about.

"It is off. Way off."

"Thanks, dad. You're supportive."

Her dad laughed and got up. A maid got his plate as soon as he was out of the chair and took it to the kitchen. Ayomi turned around and put her back to her father. He untied the bow and retied it so it was perfectly even on both sides.

"You're shoes are off, too, darlin'. You really can't tie today."

Ayomi sweat dropped and sat down. Her father knelt down on one knee and fixed her shoes so the bows were perfect. The twins watched intently at the technique.

"Wow, you're pretty good at that," Kaoru mentioned.

"Yeah, maybe you could come and work for us. We'll pay you well," Hikaru chimed in.

"Hikaru!" Kaoru was about to continue scolding his brother but Ayomi's father interrupted him.

"It's quite alright, Mr. Hitachiin."

Tamaki tilted his head slightly, "You know they're the Hitachiin twins?"

Ayomi's dad nodded, "Mm, yes, they're the ones we sell to the most."

The twins, Honey, and Tamaki all got right in front of Ayomi's dad and leaned in, all talking together with a sparkle in their eyes, "Then, what is it your company does?"

Ayomi's father sweat dropped and laughed nervously, "We make and sell fabric and machinery to fashion companies and smaller fabric stores for the common folk."

All four of the boys nodded and then sat back down.

"Ayomi makes some of her own clothes when she gets bored. We have a sewing room on the second floor. Today she seems to be having trouble with it though. She doesn't normally have problems with things being evenly tied."

"Yeah, yeah, dad. Rub it in," Ayomi said.

Her father put his hand on her head, "I'm teasing, honey. You guys have to get to school now. Have fun."

Her father left the room after. Most of the Host Club watched after him and then to Ayomi intently.

"What?"

Ayomi looked confused and then backed away to the front door slowly, "I didn't say anything."

The twins got up close to her face, "That's why we're staring."

Ayomi laughed a bit and then turned and ran with the others following behind. They all got in the limo to go to school. As they were talking and playing around in the vehicle, Ayomi got another message on her phone.

"This was only the beginning, Ayomi."

Woo~ I'm past 2,000 words and my legs are numb from sitting. In the next chapter, we go through the day with Ayomi and all the nice curses planned. And maybe finding out who H is.