Chapter 13

Yuumei put away her school work as she sat at her regular table in the Third Music Room.

"Is this seat occupied?" Kyouya gestured to the seat across from her.

Yuumei played along with his unnecessary act, "not at the moment. You may sit if you want."

He sat himself down, "are you sure it doesn't bother you that I keep hosting?"

She leans forward, her elbows on the table, "I told you I'm fine with it. I get how the club is important to you and how you want to stay involved."

He mimicked her position, "I can still stay involved in the background, the management and finances."

"And I'm pretty sure if you do that then your regulars will hunt me down."

Kyouya smirked, "I'll have you know that I have certain power over a police force that'll allow me to ensure that that doesn't happen."

Yuumei could only laugh at his remark before Haruhi arrived at the table.

He grasps Yuumei's hand for a moment as a gesture of departure, "I'll see you later."

Haruhi replaces Kyouya at the table, "so how are you two?"

"Good," Yuumei smiles, "we agreed that he'll keep hosting."

"Does that mean you're keeping your relationship a secret?"

"Not necessarily. We're not planning on announcing it or anything but we're not hiding it either."

"Well if you want to keep it that way then you better tell Tamaki," a pair of voices announced.

"What do mean?" Yuumei addressed the approaching twins.

"He's planning a little celebration party to announce to the whole club about you and Kyouya," Hikaru stated with a blank expression.

"It was supposed to be today but he was talking about some doves not arriving until tomorrow," Kaoru added nonchalantly.

"Doves?!" Yuumei stood in shock. "Isn't that a bit too much? Did he even consider what Kyouya and I would think of it?" she could feel her irritation building up.

Haruhi came to her friend's side and attempted to calm her down, "I'm sure he means well."

"He always means 'well', but maybe he should consider what other people will think or what they want before he delves into their business," Yuumei ranted.

"Let's see what could happen if milord announced it to the whole club," the twins held their chins and pondered to themselves.

"Well Kyouya's customers would definitely not be happy with Yuumei taking him away from them. If they don't target Yuumei herself, they'll probably request for him endlessly to take up his time," Hikaru suggested.

"Even if he doesn't keep hosting, they'll probably surround him at school. Keep him occupied so Yuumei won't have a chance to even see him and he can't do anything about it because he can't be rude and push them away," Kaoru continued.

"Or they can be happy for them," Haruhi threw in, her proposition odd before the twin's pessimistic approach.

"Yay!" a high pitched voice approached the group closely followed by a silent figure, "Kyouya and Yuumei are da-!"

The twins covered Huni's mouth, "nope, not today. It's been postponed to tomorrow."

"No, it's been postponed to never," Yuumei cleverly retorted. "Why does he have to make such a big deal about it?" she sighed.

"So you've heard about Tamaki's plans," Kyouya announced, sitting on Yuumei's previous seat.

"He told you?" Yuumei questioned.

"No, he charged all the expenses on the club account. I had to delay the doves to buy me some time to rescind all the purchases." He pinched the bridge of his nose in annoyance of the memory before pushing his glasses to their proper position. "Flowers, a cake, balloons, a violinist…I'm pretty sure he knows I can see the account. He failed at being secretive."

Kyouya and Yuumei turned to the other hosts but found them all moved a several feet away huddled in a circle with Tamaki joining them.

"What are you guys doing?" the host king whispered harshly, "we're not celebrating until tomorrow!"

"There's no point, milord," the twins made no attempt to lower their voices.

"Yea, they already know about it," Huni pointed out.

Everyone, except for Tamaki, broke the huddle and walked back to Kyouya and Yuumei.

His body was frozen, his eyes staring at everyone, "but how…how did you find out?"

"You charged everything to the club account," Kyouya stated bluntly, "I check the account everyday."

"Everyday…?"

"It's not happening," Yuumei declared confidently.

In a blink, Tamaki appeared before the couple begging on his knees. "Please, it'll be fun! We'll announce your love to the whole world and celebrate the beauty of romance!"

"I've already cancelled or returned everything you ordered or purchased." Kyouya was evidently unaffected by his friend's plea.

"B-but mom…." Tamaki burst into tears and retreated to a corner, "why is mommy being so mean to daddy?!"

Everyone sighed at the childish president, but Yuumei began to feel guilt for directly causing his outburst.

"Don't be like that," Yuumei begged, "I know you were excited for it but it's just not what we want."

"You don't need to try to cheer him up, Yuumei," the twins pointed out, but she couldn't help herself.

Tamaki directed his teary, puppy dog eyes towards the apologetic girl hoping to persuade her.

Her decision was fixed but she didn't want him to remain gloomy. An idea to cheer him up popped into her head, although she knew she would probably regret it. "Forget about Kyouya and I, my friends from America are visiting me next week and I'm planning on bringing them to the club to meet you all. So…" she gulped, "why don't you plan something for them instead?"

Tamaki's eyes with excitement. He crawled towards the table with incredible speed and held Yuumei's hands in his, kneeling before her.

"Really?" The corners of his lips rose slowly but surely.

"Are you sure about this?" Kyouya whispered in her ear.

Yuumei turned her head towards him and whispered in reply, "absolutely not." She then turned back to Tamaki and reluctantly nodded.

The president jumped to his feet immediately and sparkled in delight, "then we will welcome your friends properly, the Japanese way! No, the Ouran way! No! The Host Club way!"

Whaat? I actually updated. I hope to get at least a couple more chapters done before break ends, then I'll try to not die in school so I can finish the story. One thing is for sure...this will not go unfinished!

Thanks for reading and sticking with it :) Review!

UPDATE: I'm a boob. Looks like I won't actually be able to update anytime soon, sorry about that. In the meantime, watch Pitch Perfect. It's one of the best movies ever! :P