I was in the Uber on my way back, I was released from the pension work early because I told the owner I felt sick. She released me begrudgingly, hoping that I'll come back next summer, which I promised her I
But, I was doing something dangerous. Something that I would stop doing if I overthink it.
Tomorrow is the application test for Ouran, and I'm going to be applying under Kako Fujioka.
It's dangerous, but Haruhi insisted I do it, so I'm going to try...without any makeup on, I'll look like a different person that's only slightly similar to Nao. But, wasn't the deal with Kei that I didn't let anyone know I was a girl? This is technically a loop hole, but he could be quite rash, and believe me to be smart-alacky...
Don't overthink this Kako!
"We've arrived at Starbucks, miss." The Uber Driver says, and I nod in thanks, grabbing my stuff as I make my way into the cafe, where my eyes roam and I see Kei sitting there impatiently. The pleasant smell of coffee beans washes over me, but instead of relaxing into the smell, I ignore it, eyes focused on Kei.
"Hello, Ryo." I say, walking over to his table, sitting down with my stuff beside me.
"Well, isn't this a surprise." He says with a smirk, reaching across the table, holding my hand in his, sending a light kiss on the back of my hand with icy lips. "How are you?" He asks, and I pull my hand away.
"Fine. But, you should know I didn't come here to chat about the weather." I say, as he leans back in his chair. "You're lucky I could come here, but I have to leave for a flight in a couple hours, so let's make this snappy."
I sigh, "I want to apply for the Ouran Scholarship again, but this time as Haruhi's relative: Kako Fujioka." I say, and he leans forward, propping his elbows on the table.
"This is interesting, but do you remember our deal, did you not?" He asks, and I nod. "Perfectly remember, that's why I'm asking. I won't let them know, and if I remain a boy at Ouran, there's more of a chance I'll be found out." I say, and he thinks, a smirk coming onto face, as he flashes perfectly white teeth.
"No. I'm not one to make adjustments to my deal. If you're a girl, men will become infatuated with you, and attempt to date you. And, as I said previously, you're mine and mine only." He finishes, a grin coming onto face, and I clench my hand into a fist, preventing myself from saying anything I'll regret. I really just want to hit this idiotic man! I have a life, and he's claiming it is his!
"That's the other thing...Lobelia's is having their applications tomorrow too. I don't currently know anyone from Lobelia, and it's an all female's school." I say, and he thinks, before the dreaded smirk falls back onto his face. "Sorry love, but you can date females there, or date people from outside Lobelia's at Ouran." He stands up from the table.
"I must leave for my flight now, see you later, my dove." He says, kissing me on the cheek, before leaving. My face flushes red in anger, as I still feel the icy touch of his lips on my cheek. That arse!
Angrily, I call for an Uber, as I get a black coffee. Like my soul right now, I could smack a bitch...
Smack a bitch...
I could learn self defense...meaning I could learn how to properly smack a bitch.
I could learn from Mori or Honey since they're hella good at that stuff, but I really want to keep my distance from everyone for now...I care for all of them like family, to be perfectly honest, and I felt like we all were in a really good place before...
Before I fucked up with the Host Club.
I had earned about $5,000 dollars for the rest of summer break, which is like 4 weeks left after I left the pension, working at Miyako's. Performing, waiting on tables, cleaning up after, babysitting gigs, tutoring, finishing pre-school homework, finishing up the French course, reading, and, of course, I started doing self-defense classes.
I thought it would be good to learn how to protect myself, so I went to a place that specialized in teaching Krav Maga, and I've been working 2 practices a day. Of course, I've gained some weight with muscle mass, and I lost some body fat. I felt super healthy, it was great!
Of course, I haven't really talked to any Ouran people since the...incident. I've chatted every few days with Haruhi and Ritsu, occasionally Umehito, but I've ignored everyone else in the Host Club. Honey and Mori call 3 times a day at breakfast, lunch and dinner time, the twins at 4 times a day (from each of them), Kyoya at a surprising number of 8, and, with the highest caller being Tamaki with a 15 calls a day. They all left messages at the beginning after every call, but now everyone just leaves 1 message a day, except Tamaki, who leaves 15 messages. He tells me about his day in the messages, always hanging up with "Have a nice day, Akemi. Call me back, please."
But now, I'm... back to school...
A dreaded day, it truly is. I was happy without homework, Host Club, and drag dramas, but now they're stacking up...
Ew!
My hair had been cut over break since it got longer, and now it was only slightly long. It was short on the sides, with a bunch on the top that flopped over to my eyebrow. Surprisingly, it started curling at the end, so it slightly curled outward at the end. I hated the hairstyle, and I call it 'The Douchebag', and I really regret getting a haircut. The only reason it looks the way it does is because I went in for a trim, the new guy was doing my hair, and he chopped it lopsided-ly, and I looked like Farquad from Shrek. So, a professional took over, and made it look like this. On the plus side, I got a free haircut.
I walk into Ouran, and all the girls start squealing.
"Wow Nao, you look great! The new haircut is super hot!" A girl says, and I smile at her. "Thanks, Kelly." I say with a wink, turning my voice to boy-mode, and her eyes turn into hearts along with 20 other girls, as she faints backwards.
Girls are SO dramatic!
I make my way to class 1-A, and I open the door, seeing everyone in there already.
"Naoooooooo!" The girls say, rushing towards me like vultures. I feel like Simba when The Stampede rushed towards him.
"How was your break, Nao?"
"Wow Nao! You're haircut makes you look super sexy!"
"Nao! Did you get a girlfriend over break?!"
"Woah, ladies, calm down please," I say with a nervous laugh, holding my hands up. "Thanks for all the compliments, my break was great. I'll answer all questions at the Host Club tonight."
"See you there Nao!" They all chorus, when the teacher comes in, and we all sit in our spots. The twins, who are slightly less pale, are sitting behind me, and I feel their eyes bearing into my back.
"Hey Haruhi!" I greet, as she smiles up at me, and her eyes widen at my hair. "Woah, Nao, nice hair..." she whistles, and I laugh, running my fingers through it as it falls over my eye.
"Thanks, I wanted to shake it up a bit." I say, and she raises a brow. "Did you get more muscular over break?" She asks, looking at my arms, where slight muscle bulges through. I put my arm down, loosening it to my side. "Honestly, I've been taking some Krav Maga for self defense, since the area I'm tutoring some kids in is pretty shady." I say, half-lying.
"Maybe Nao needs to take self-defense because he can't trust anyone else to help him," Hikaru whispers loudly to Kaoru. "Yeah, I think they-" Kaoru starts, but I stand up, holding my hand up.
"Yes, Mr. Araki?" The teacher asks, looking at me over the rims of their glasses.
"Can I please be transferred closer to the front of class? I'm having a hard time reading the board." I say, and the teacher nods, pointing at the empty desk in the second row.
"Feel free to move, Mr. Araki. Now..." The teacher starts, continuing the lesson, as I pack up my bags, dropping down to a crouched position.
"You didn't have to do that, Nao..." Haruhi whispers.
"I honestly can't see with all the bullshit from the twins lingering around me, sorry." I whisper back, completely ignoring the twins as I stand back up, walking to the empty desk.
The teacher finishes the lesson, moving aside as the class representative takes their place.
"All right, next item on the agenda. I move to discuss what the class plans will be for next week, and it's about the class special event for Halloween." He says, and I raise a brow. This guy's name is Kazukiyo Soga, and I call him Kiyo for short.
"Next week? Aren't we a bit late to start planning?" I ask, and Kiyo shrugs. "It's pretty easy to plan. Basically, all we have to do is A\after we finish taking our exams for the fall, we're allowed a few days off until the end of October, and we get to throw costume parties on campus to celebrate. And also, to promote camaraderie, each class is allowed to use an entire day for a special class event of their choosing." He explains, and I sigh. We just got back from summer break! (A/N-I'm switching up the order a bit since Halloween is soon :D)
"And, Mr. Araki, we have been told you are to help class 1-D plan." The teacher says, and I arch a brow.
"Wha-?" I ask, and he shrugs. "Just go to class 1-D for this, please." He says, and I shrug.
"Okay, see everyone later!" I say cheerfully, picking up my bags as all the girls swoon.
I make my way to the door, stepping out and walking to room 1-D. What could I be doing there? I stand in front of the door, when I feel a tap on my shoulder, and I turn around to see-
"Mr. Suoh? If I may politely ask, what am I doing in room 1-D?" I ask, and he smiles. "Greetings, Araki. I thought it would be very helpful if you could help organize 1-D's special event since we have 2 honors students this year in the same grade. This year, we're having a little competition to see which classroom produces the best results, and 1-A usually wins. So, I thought if we put you in 1-D for this event, it could spice up the event." He explains, and I arch a brow.
"What's the prize for the winning class?" I ask, it's probably a pizza party or something-
"We're taking the winning class on a week trip to France with the second years!" He says with jazz hands, and I nearly stop breathing. For a 'little competition?!"
"Uh, sure." I say, and he grins. "Great, get in there, than! Have fun!" He says, pushing me in through the doors.
Looking around the room, I see it in shambles with random papers strewn across the room, spray paint on the walls, the students talking loudly as they sit on the desks, backpacks lazily distributed over, and no teacher in sight. Some students are smoking, and I cough slightly at the rat poison, attracting attention from all the rough-looking students. None of them are female, or under 6' apparently, because all of them seem to tower over me.
Stay strong Nao...
"Hey everyone, I'm Nao, and I'm here to help with the Halloween celebration." I say loudly, and they all laugh at me.
"Why bother when we're gonna lose to 1-A? Suoh already told us about the competition, like our class would win!" A rough voice in the class says, making everyone laugh harder.
"Wait, is that actually Nao?" A familiar sounding voice says, and I see a familiar red-head stand up, walking over to me.
"Hey Ritsu!" I say cheerfully, and he looks at my hair. "Woah, you cut your hair. You look less like a chic now." he says bluntly, and I sweat drop.
"Yeah, I just wanted to chop it off..." I say, scratching the back of my neck.
"Well, I'm class representative, and I agree with Nao. We should put effort into this, so other classes will take us seriously." Ritsu says to the class, and they go silent.
"They don't?" I ask, and Ritsu nods slightly. "We're mocked, and no one from other classes talks with us." A voice from the back says.
"But we don't need them, lil' fuckers!" Another voice chimes in, and the boys laugh.
"Yeah! We're too good for them!"
"We're still better!"
"Boys!" I say, standing up on the teacher's desk to get attention, as they go silent. "Let's do this so 1-D gets the respect they deserve! You guys aren't the gum under someone's shoe, you're better than that! If you believe you're getting mocked, than you need to work on your self image instead of saying 'fuck it' to everything! We're gonna win this competition, and get the respect you all deserve, and to show who's the top dog. Who's in it with me?" I ask, as they cheer.
If someone's loud, these boys get excited. They're a bipolar bunch...
"Now, let's do this! We'll work after school for this too, so all sports and clubs will be cancelled for us until we're done." Ritsu says, reading from some clipboard, and I smile internally.
No Host Club! Pulling out my phone, I open the chatroom that I've been ignoring all summer break, with the boys constantly asking where I was. I type in a few words that liberate me, before I close my phone, turning it on silent.
Not going to Host Club. Spook is more important.
Hello everyone, so I have some extremely important notes to talk about!
1) I'm going to Hawaii! Yes, I am going to Hawaii on vacation for a week, so I will not update either next Sunday, or the Sunday before Halloween (most likely to be Sunday before Halloween.) So, I might update early this week to make sure everyone gets a chapter to read :D so if you have an account, put me on notifications to see when it comes out, or if you're a guest reader, you can make an account or just check every day starting THURSDAY
2) I actually STILL haven't decided who I want Akemi/Kako/Nao to end up with, and I decided to start with a fresh slate by having all of them find out/not talking to the MC for a few weeks so her undecided emotions will shuffle. So, I'm closing the POLL on my page to end on Halloween on who the MC will end up with. That's right, and there's some new options like Kei, Ryo, Umehito, Ritsu, and more! No, I am not adding Miyako, because she already has a girlfriend. I don't support cheaters on my page:D
3) Speaking of my page, I plan on posting some of my chapters on wattpad soon, so I'll let you all know when that's happening :D
4) The episodes are out of order: Yeah, I know that, but since halloween is coming up, I wanted it to be up-to-date with real time for spooky-themed goodness.
5) I will be replying to everyone's reviews now!
DeceivingAura- The problem about the MC talking to the Host Club about their problems is that Kei said he would hurt them emotionally and physically if MC tells the HC, so she is afraid to have them be hurt. She wants to only rely on herself, so no one else gets hurt in the process.
Yo- I kinda shipped her with Kasanoda at first, but than I decided it is best to let Kasanoda pursue her so we can have the poll going on. If you want her to have a chance, vote on the poll on my page (IDK if you can do it on iOS?)
TDI-RYRO-ECLARES: Kyoya probably could attempt to get her out of the situation with his extreme power and wealth, and Mori and Honey could too, but MC doesn't really want to open up to them.
If you have any questions, please leave a review! Heck, just leave a review on anything, and if you don't want to put something on the review page please PM me. Thank you!