Chapter Twenty
Summer with the Host Club

Kagome's P.O.V.

Summer vacation finally! The mid-terms were finally over and we now had three months of no schoolwork. Best of all? I got to work even more with my martial arts. I was actually running out of lessons to learn, but that didn't mean that I could stop practicing. Nope, I had to keep my body in top notch shape. Besides, how else was I supposed to get away from my "home"?

I would have spent my entire summer in the dojo, but Takashi-san called my sensei and told him of the club's plans. Convincing him to let me go. It worked.

They were going to follow Haruhi to Karuizawa. It would seem that she got a summer job at some pension there. A friend of her father's, I believe, owned the pension. Ranka, her father, wanted to make sure that Haruhi was safe, so he sent her to his friend's pension to work.

Unfortunately, Ranka didn't count on the host club finding out and following. Sigh, so here I was in a helicopter on my way to Karuizawa, with the rest of the host club. Yeah, Tamaki was a bit concerned for his "daughter." Convinced that she was kidnapped. He really was an idiot sometimes. At least I never had a dull moment with him and the twins around.

The host club had gotten used to the idea of me being a girl, but I believe that it still surprised them. Especially when I showed up at the airport, for we took a private helicopter here, dressed in some of my "female" clothing. As opposed to my school uniform.

They shouldn't have been so surprised. After all, school was over for the summer, and I didn't have to dress as a boy. Did they seriously think that I walked around all day wearing my school uniform? Yeah, like that would ever happen.

Whatever I wasn't going to think about this anymore. Besides it would appear that we were there. The Misuzu Pension.

Third Person P.O.V.

The host club arrived, to find Haruhi working outside doing the laundry. Let's just say that Haruhi was not too thrilled that the entire host club was there. This was supposed to be a vacation after all. The only ones she really didn't mind were Kagome and Mori, because they never really bothered her, and were a big help at times.

Haruhi was just as surprised as the host to find that Kagome was wearing normal jeans and a fitting t-shirt. She had never seen her wear anything but the school uniform, well... besides the time at the Ootori's mansion, where she did see Kagome in her pajamas. Even when they went swimming she chose to wear baggy sweatshirt and sweatpants.

It was rather odd seeing her out in public. But she did look very pretty in Haruhi's mind. But she wasn't alone in that thought, the whole host club thought that she was beautiful. And they never understood why she hid it.

But then again, most of them were idiots.

Kagome didn't care what they thought, but she was rather annoyed that they kept staring. So she left them and went into the pension. They didn't even realize that she had left at first.

After a few minutes of nothing but silence, they finally discovered both Kagome and Haruhi missing. The host club followed them into the Pension, where they were introduced to the owner, Isao Sonoda, but he went by the name Misuzu Sonoda, hence the name of the pension.

Kagome thought he was rather weird, for she had not met Haruhi's father and was not expecting this. She kept her thought's to herself. Kagome believed that was the best idea for the moment.

After a bit of chatting, the hosts finally tried to get a room so that they could stay near "their" Haruhi. Unfortunately for them, Misuzu had just lent out one of the last rooms. The only one left was a room with a twin bed. Not wanting to be separated from Haruhi, the host club immediately started a contest.

A refresher contest. So whoever got the most "refresher points" got the room.

Haruhi wasn't too thrilled, and Kyoya wasn't even going to try to compete. Instead he sat by and watched. Kagome decided to join him.

"Why aren't you joining in on the 'fun'?" asked Kagome making the quote marks in the air.

"I really see no point in doing so," replied Kyoya.

"Really now? And why is that?"

"Because the Ootori family has a summer cottage near here. In fact everyone has some form of housing around, if not in, Karuizawa."

"Then why do they want to stay here?"

"So that they could be near Haruhi."

"That is rather ridiculous," Kagome stated in a bored manner. She turned back to Kyoya and asked, "Who do you think will win the contest?"

"I believe that Mori-senpai has the advantage," Kyoya started as he pushed his glasses up. "However, he would not stay here. For to do that would require that he leave Honey-senpai's side. And we both know that he would never do such a thing." Kyoya looked up at Kagome, momentarily frozen by the picture she made with the sun shining down on her, making her hair and eyes glow.

Mentally shaking himself out of his thoughts, he turned to question her, "What about you? Why are you not trying to win? I thought for sure that you would want to be near Haruhi, to at least 'protect' her?"

"I have no need to. While I do not have a house or mansion nearby. I did get one of the last guest rooms that Misuzu had available."

Kyoya looked stunned for a moment, but then he realized that this was Kagome and she often times did things without his notice.

"I see." Well then, I will have to find some way to stay here. I can't let the twins or Mori-senpai stay in the same building as Kagome, alone. Not if I want to find some way to make her love me. What is she doing to me? This does not sound like me at all.

As Kyoya looked over towards Kagome his thoughts continued. But then again, I already told her I had no need to stay here. She would know something was wrong if I suddenly changed my mind. Besides, she has been practically ignoring everyone. What's to say she would stop, just because we are not all here? I am going to stop thinking now. It's safer that way.

After Kyoya stopped his thought process, Kagome and him stayed sitting out in the sun drinking some tea and chatting lightly. And just generally getting to know each other better. While the rest of the host club was working their rear ends off trying to get the opportunity to pay for the last room.

The game continued on and the guests of the pension absolutely loved it. Most of the existing guests were either young women with the occasional man. And though Kagome was not working, the men didn't mind. For they thought she was absolutely stunning. Though if you ever told her, she would immediately refuse the idea and turn away.

A few hours later and Kagome was rather tired of the peeking young men. If they wanted to talk to her, why didn't they just talk to her? Kagome looked over to her companion. That would explain it. Kyoya wasn't exactly giving off a welcoming aura. But then again, when did he ever?

She decided that she had enough, and was going to take a walk through the town. Before she left she asked Kyoya if he would care to join her. He gladly excepted the invitation.

The two of them spent the rest of the day together learning more about the other, and just talking about random ideas. At one point it got to where they were discussing their plans for the future. Even going so far as to map out a plan for a future business. They even touched on the idea of their future families, but quickly switched topics, as it got rather awkward to discuss.

Kyoya had told Kagome what he was planning to do with his father's company when the time came. She agreed wholeheartedly to the idea and even threw in some suggestions on how to go about it.

Later that night when they returned to the pension, the twins had already won. And most of the host club had already left to their local housing. Kagome bid Kyoya goodbye and told him that they would see each other the next day.

Neither of them said it, but they each loved how the day turned out. And neither of them were ready to admit that they had already fallen for their dark and mysterious friend. For they were both afraid of the same thing.

Rejection.