Chapter 14: Kiss the beach goodbye

The final night of the festival probably is the best night they ever had on. The place seemed to be brighter than the usual, and more people were partying at the stage area.

"Alright! This is going to be one fun night!" I exclaimed as I jumped in place because of much excitement.

"Haaaai! This place looks even better than when we first came here!" said the twins.

"Well of course, I wanted it to be the best night ever so more people would come." Kyoya simply replied while adjusting his glasses.

Tamaki, was in one corner being in a gloomy mushroom-like state. We stared at him, he gave us his puppy dog look. He was probably sulking up what happened last night. The heck, I can't even imagine myself hitting on Haruhi. Why was he thinking that way? I was only teasing him! Oh boy.

Haruhi sighed and approached him "Senpai, stop sulking up. Everybody looks forward to a wonderful and fun night. So, come on" she said reaching out her hand to him.

Tamaki's eyes glowed. He immediately stood up and ran his fingers through his golden locks. "So, are you asking me to accompany you tonight?" he said proudly.

"Uh, that's not what I meant." She replied.

But as usual, Tamaki acted as if he didn't hear a thing. "Oh don't deny it, Haruhi. You're falling for me aren't you?"

"Goodbye, senpai." She said as all of us trailed off.

"What?! Wait for me, Haruhi!" he shouted and followed behind us.

"SUGOI!!!" I exclaimed looking around the place. I really can't get over the fact that everything seemed to be so beautiful. The lights, the rides, the booths, everything! I swear, the place looks absolutely perfect!

"You're extremely happy." Kaoru commented.

I nodded my head. "I am! I'm excited as well!"

"So, what do you want to do?" he asked.

"I don't know, I want to do a lot of things!" I replied enthusiastically.

"Well, don't worry. We're going to do a lot of things!" the twins said.

"I'm so excited!" I replied. Well, I am! What should I do first? Eat some cotton candy? Ride the Ferris Wheel? Play bump cars? Play at game booths?

I couldn't really decide!

"Let's play at the bump cars!" said the twins.

"OKAY!" I immediately responded.

We did a lot of things that night. Play bump cars, play at the game booths and so much more! It was really fun! As it was getting late, more people started to come.

"Kyoya, your festival is a success!" I exclaimed.

"Yeah senpai, the place is really flooded with people!" said Haruhi.

I noticed him look away when Haruhi spoke. I wonder why, though. I was getting hungry at the moment. Just then, his cell phone rang. He excused himself to answer it.

"I'm getting hungry." I said to no one in particular.

"Oh, you want to get some food?" Haruhi asked but then, Tamaki suddenly grabbed her.

"Haruhi! Let's try the mini roller-coaster!" he said.

"Great! Haruhi, you'll sit with us, right?" said Hikaru grabbing her wrist.

"No, she's sitting with me!" said Tamaki.

They started arguing again, I just sighed as I watched them.

"Well then, I'll be going." I said as I was walking away.

"Wait! Aki, I'm coming with you!" Haruhi yelled as I stopped walking.

I turned to her and replied "I'll be fine; you guys should go and ride the roller coaster."

"We can ride it all together later." She said.

"But it looks like Tamaki, Hikaru and Kaoru can't wait to ride it with you." I replied as I smirked at Tamaki.

I noticed the host club king turned red. I still smirked and then giggled. "Well, I'll be going now. See you guys later."

I left them and went to get some food by myself. I bought some noodles; I wasn't really in the mood to eat something heavy. I looked around and smiled, it's been a while since I had this much fun.

"I wonder where they could be." I said to myself as I stood up and started to walk. I didn't bother calling them since I wanted to look around by myself first. I checked my watch; it was only a few minutes till 12 am.

Thud

"Sorry." I said.

"Hey, Aki, there you are!"

I looked up and saw Kaoru. I was looking for Hikaru, he didn't seem to be around.

"Where's Hikaru?" I asked, still looking around.

"With Haruhi and Tamaki." He replied.

"I bet Hunny's after sweets with Mori again." I said. "So why aren't you with your brother?"

"Well, he's busy arguing with Tamaki about Haruhi. Tamaki actually told both of us to look for you but Hikaru was too caught up in arguing with Tamaki, so I went alone."

"Why didn't you just call me in my cell phone?" I asked as I brought it out. I flipped it open and became embarrassed when I saw that I had 10 missed calls all by Kaoru and Hikaru.

"Oops, sorry, I probably didn't hear it because the place is noisy." I said.

"Its fine." He replied.

I returned my cell phone in my pocket. We started walking around and then I suddenly asked

"Kaoru?"

"Mm?"

"Does Hikaru like Haruhi? As in really like?"

"Well…" he started "Haruhi's our special toy."

"Oh, I see." I replied.

"Why? What made you think that he likes her a lot?" he asked nonchalantly

"…Nothing, it's just that you guys always fight over her."

"Well, let me ask you something this time." He said.

"Huh? What is it?"

"Do you have feelings for Kyoya?"

"What?!" I exclaimed "What made you think that?"

"...Nothing." he replied.

Upon reaching the stage area, we saw everyone looking up to the sky. It seemed like they were waiting for something. What was the commotion about? The crowd kept on murmuring and they seemed excited.

"5…4…3…2…1!" the crowd shouted.

Fireworks started coloring the night sky. They looked like shooting stars and it made me smile seeing how beautiful they were. The couples around us started kissing, celebrating the magnificent summer.

"Wow! Kaoru, look at that! They look like stars!" I exclaimed as I pointed to the sky.

"Hey Aki," he said.

"Yeah?" I asked and turned my head to him.

He then held my chin as I felt his lips on my right cheek. My eyes widened. Why was Kaoru kissing me? But the real question was, why didn't I push him away?

He pulled away after a few seconds and just looked at me. I stared back at his cat-like eyes, showing no expression.

"Aren't you mad?" he asked.

I smiled and answered "Why would I be mad in the first place?"

He gasped. "But you usually get mad or you would resist when we try to kiss you or even give you a light peck on the cheek." He said.

I looked up to the sky and observed the fireworks. "That was before." I simply replied.

"So, you're saying you'd let guys kiss you now?" he asked.

"I didn't say that, but hey, it's just a simple kiss on the cheek."

"But you used to be mortified when guys kiss you!"

"Like I said, that was before." I replied.

"Aki, do you mean that you've gotten rid of your boyish behavior?" he asked.

"I really don't know, but hey, look at what I'm wearing; I still dress like a boy don't I? Maybe it's just because the habit of resisting to every little kiss you guys would tease me with died already."

"Why did it die? Did guys in England steal kisses from you often that you've now gotten used to it?"

I looked away and replied "Kaoru, you're the first guy I ever kissed."

"Then what is the reason?" He asked.

"When I came back, Mori asked me if I've turned into a girl because I let my hair grow longer. I answered him saying "Who knows"."

"So you're turning to a girl?"

I smirked "Who knows."

"What?!" he exclaimed "Come on, just answer me."

"I'm not really sure myself." I replied.

He then became silent, maybe he's given up.

"The reason you kissed me was to find out how I would react, right?" I asked.

"Well, yeah." He answered.

"Don't worry, I'm not mad."

"You aren't?"

"I'm not. Just as long as you keep it a secret, it's okay with me. I wouldn't want them to know that because Tamaki will end up teasing me."

"Alright then, I'll keep it a secret." He said.

"Oh, and you know what?" I said.

"What?"

"That kiss on the cheek still felt disgusting." I replied.

He sweat-dropped. "I really don't get you. Let me get this straight, you don't resist kisses now, but you're still a tomboy?"

"Hey! "tomboy" sounds a bit off. I just don't like girly things you know! I don't like girly games either!" I complained.

"You're making me dizzy." He replied.

"Never mind, look, to be honest, I can't answer you. I didn't know why I didn't resist. I don't know the exact reason to that."

Why didn't I resist anyway? Was I considering kisses and romance already? I would usually get mad or get really pissed off if they tried to kiss me again. I still hate make-up and mini skirts but still, I wonder why that kiss didn't piss me off unlike before when I was in junior high. I was just indifferent about it.

Author's note: How was it? to be honest, this story is pretty challenging for me since my OC is a "tomboy". I hope this chapter was okay, and thank you so much for those who reviewed my story or the last chapter. ;)