\Chapter Fourteen/

"Hey Haruhi! Glad you came!" I gave her a hug, pulling her into my house. I noticed that she was looking at me, slightly shocked. I tilted my head to the side, wondering what was wrong.

"Ace… You're still wearing you dress." I laughed softly before I responded to her.

"Oh yeah the last guests stayed longer then we thought, so I haven't gotten a chance to change yet." She nodded her head, showing that she understood. I sighed, about to bring Haruhi to where the other hosts currently were, when Yuki came in shrieking,

"Ace! Save me from Katsu!" I sighed, yet again, raising an eyebrow at her.

"Calm down. What did Katsu do to you now?"

"He threatened my books if I didn't stop annoying him!" I giggled lightly; the two had an interesting relationship. They acted like siblings, at least in the time that they had spent together.

"Who's fault is that?"

"B-but burning my books is going way to far!" Katsu then came running in, in Yuki's direction.

"Well then, you'll have to have some other torture. It's tickling time!" I laughed as Yuki, tried, to run away, still in her high heals.

"So Yuki's a girl after all…" I turned my head back to Haruhi.

"Yeah, she's pretending to be a guy. In basic terms it's a bet with her mother."

"Oh… that's very different then us." She was smiling lightly. I jumped lightly as I heard Tamaki's voice.

"Haruhi! You made it!" I winced slightly as Tamaki glomped Haruhi, hugging her very tight. I turned towards the rest of the hosts as they walked in. Once more I jumped slightly as I heard Yuki shrieking with laughter, as Katsu tickled her. I chocked down laughter, upon seeing the displeased look on Kyouya's face. I really wasn't used to seeing emotion on his face, and it was an odd sight.

"You were taking a long time to answer the door Ace! We got worried about you!" I moved my eyes down to look at Honey as he spoke to me, smiling at him.

"Well thank you Honey, I'm fine though. I was just talking to Haruhi." Honey then smiled brightly, nodding his head up and down. I glanced over to where Yuki and Katsu were, smiling a little bit. "Hey Katsu! Want to show Tamaki, Kyouya, Hikaru, and Kaoru to their rooms for me?" I gave him my 'innocent' look, trying to get him to show them to their rooms, so that I could get out of the dress quicker. Katsu smirked at me before he responded,

"I don't know. What's in it for me?" My innocent look quickly changed into a smug smirk.

"The usual." Katsu let out a big dramatic sigh.

"Fine." Once more the smirk was back on his face. "Only for you though." I let out a soft giggle as Katsu gave me a wink. "Come on you four. We're going to your rooms." He then lead them all up the stairs, after we all pried Tamaki away from Haruhi, to show them to their rooms for the night.

"Hey Ace?"

"Yeah Honey?"

"What do is the usual?"

"Hm? Oh yeah. Well with every I generally have a usual that I will do if they do a favor for me. Like with Yuki I'll either buy her book, or cook food for her. With Katsu I normally either will let him read my stories the I write, or I will make him dinner. I can cook well, even though my baking skills suck. Anyways I need to show you guys to your rooms, so come on." I then, quickly but carefully, went up the stairs, to where the bedrooms were. "Okay well That door," I was currently pointing to the door in front of us, which was painted black and had a set of playing card, all Ace's, on it, "leads into my room. Yuki's room is the door to the right of mine."

She had actually stayed over a few times before, and because my mother seems to love Yuki so much, she let her have the room and redecorate it, telling her to come over any time she likes. So far we hadn't actually done anything to the room, but we planned to decorate it next weekend.

"Honey, your room is… going to be the one to the left of mine. Haruhi your room is next to Yuki's room, so two to the right of my room. And Takashi, your room is across the hall from mine. I think everyone else's rooms are in the next hall over, near Katsu's room. Oh and according to my mom there should be some clothes in your rooms that you can change into. I'm going to go change now so…"

"Ace…"

"Yeah Yuki?" She sighed lightly before she spoke,

"Never mind, just go change." I smiled at her, walking towards my door and into my room. I removed my high shoes first, and then shed off my dress, putting it onto a hanger and into my closet. I grabbed my black tank top, and gray Harvard sweats that my brother had gotten me when he was at school. After pulling on my clothes, I walked out to the bathroom and removed the make up on my face, feeling much more relaxed I left the bathroom, walking into someone. My heart started to pound as I fell to the ground, but I never actually hit the ground. Instead the person who I walked into grabbed me, stopping me from falling completely. I looked up, only for my blush from earlier to return to my face.

"You okay?"

"Y-yeah. Thanks Takashi. Sorry that I ran into you." I giggled nervously after, but I wasn't really sure why I was nervous.

"Don't worry Alice." I smiled lightly, the initial nervousness gone, replaced by an odd feeling in my stomach.

We stood there in the hall awkwardly for a few minutes, before I realized something. Takashi had yet to have released me from his grip. "U-uh Takashi?" He only grunted, letting me know that he had heard me. "Y-you can let go now…" He seemed to hesitate for a moment, before he let me out of his grip. "I should uh… go see if everyone else is ready to go down stairs… Y-you can have the bathroom now…" I then stepped around Takashi, going towards Yuki's room. I didn't turn around to look at Takashi, mainly because my face was still bright red, but I did hear Takashi open and close the bathroom door. I knocked on Yuki's door, only waiting a few seconds before she opened her door. I noticed that she was wearing a white tank top, and black sweat pants, she had also taken off her makeup.

"Hey Ace… Hey are you okay? Your face is bright red!" I sighed lightly, feeling the heat return to my cheeks.

"Y-yeah. I just ran into Takashi… literally." She gave me a blank stare, before she burst out laughing.

"Oh you so like him." My eyes widened at her words. Was that true? Did I really like him?

"Really? D-do I? W-well if I like him, then you like Kyouya!" I wink at her, knowing that my face was still bright red.

"W-what? I don't know what you're talking about!"

"You so like him!"

"L-let's just go get the others…" I grinned at Yuki, my own blush having faded some.

"Oh Yuki, you're changing the subject. Though you're right. Can you go see if Haruhi is ready? I'm going to go get Honey." Yuki gave me a light shrug, telling me she didn't mind.

"S-sure." I giggled lightly, moving away from Yuki's door, and walking over to Honey's door. I raised my hand to the door, knocking on the cool wood. I could hear Honey giggle lightly, before he opened the door, which made me smile.

"Hey Honey. Are you and Usa-chan ready to go down to the theater room?" He gave me a bright smile saying,

"Usa-chan can come!" I leaned down, so I was looking in Honey's eyes.

"Only if he wants to." Honey smiled, nodding his head, before he ran back into his room to grab Usa-chan. I slowly started to stand up, only to fall on my butt when I heard Takashi speak,

"You're good with Mitsukuni." I smiled lightly, as I turned to look at Takashi, though he was too tall for me to actually see his face. Takashi held out a hand to me, which I accepted, and he helped me up.

"Yeah, I might not like little kids much, but Mitsukuni isn't a little kid, even if he acts like it. He is much more mature then he seems." Takashi looked down at me, seemingly shocked.

"Hey are you guys ready yet, Ace?" I turned towards Yuki, smile still on my face.

"Yeah. I think we are. Would you mind going and seeing if the other boys are ready for me?" Yuki sighed before she answered.

"Sure, but you owe me this time." Once more my smile shifted into a smirk.

"The usual then?" She nodded her head, after thinking for a moment.

"But that doubles if Tamaki tries to glomp me." I sighed; knowing that I know would owe Yuki two meals now.